190502-N-QR145-206 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 2, 2019) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Andrew Friend mans a Mark 45 5-inch gun mount aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) during a live-fire exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, May 2, 2019. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its eighth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Krystina Coffey/Released)